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001 $ 05/3609
003 $ UK-LoRAA
041 0 # $a eng
044 # # $a uk
245 0 4 $a The Struggles Of A Young Artist: Being A Memoir Of David C. Gibson. By A Brother Artist. "Ars Longa - Vita Brevis."
260 # # $a London: $b James Nisbet And Co., 21 Berners Street. $c M.DCCC.LVIII. $c [1858]
300 # # $a [4], 184, 4 p., frontis.; $c 171 mm. (Octavo.)
500 # # $a [Frontis., t.p.] - Contents - [Text]; [colophon] - [Publisher's advertisement].
508 # # $a The frontispiece portrait is signed by W.H. Mote.

The printer is named on the title-page verso and in the colophon: 'Edinburgh: Printed By Ballantyne And Company, Paul's Work.'
510 0 # $a A. Staley, The Pre-Raphaelite landscape (2nd.ed., 2001), p.128-40; R. Watkinson, Pre-Raphaelite art and design (1970; 2nd. ed. 1990), p.136-44; MaryAnne Stevens, ed., The Orientalists: Delacroix to Matisse [Royal Academy exhibition catalogue] (1984), no.227.
520 2 # $a The chapters are listed as, I. Boyhood; II. Early struggles; III. Portrait Painting; IV. Removal To London; V. Discouragements; VI. Tour In The Highlands; VII. Brightening Prospects; VIII. The Crisis; IX. Visit To Spain; X. Visit To The Alhambra; XI. Return Home; XII. Success; XIII. Last Illness And Death.

The frontispiece is a portrait, captioned, 'Yours very Affectly David CGibson'.
563 # # $a 19th-century brown cloth-covered boards, blind-stamped decoration on upper and lower covers; spine lettered 'The Struggles Of A Young Artist'.
600 1 4 $a Gibson
653 # # $a Artists - Painters - Great Britain - Edinburgh - London - History - 19th century
655 # 0 $a Biography - Memoirs - Great Britain - 19th century
655 # 0 $a Publishers' advertisements - Great Britain - 19th century
700 1 # $a Mote $e engraver
700 1 # $a Nisbet $e publisher
700 1 # $a Ballantyne $e printer
700 1 # $a Gibson
710 2 # $a James Nisbet and Company (London) $e publisher
710 2 # $a Ballantyne and Company (Edinburgh) $e printer